. Birds of New York . that DeKay speaks of the Northern shrike as breedingin the interior of the State might indicate that he confused the Migrantshrike with its northern relative, but similar statements of his regardingYellow-legs, Whistling swan and numerous other species, which werereported on hearsay evidence, were undoubtedly errors, and his remarksabout the breeding of shrikes may also be in error. At any rate, thisspecies has become more numerous in the interior of New York State since1869 when it was reported by Allen in the American Naturalist, page 579, BIRDS OF NEW YORK 363 as breed
. Birds of New York . that DeKay speaks of the Northern shrike as breedingin the interior of the State might indicate that he confused the Migrantshrike with its northern relative, but similar statements of his regardingYellow-legs, Whistling swan and numerous other species, which werereported on hearsay evidence, were undoubtedly errors, and his remarksabout the breeding of shrikes may also be in error. At any rate, thisspecies has become more numerous in the interior of New York State since1869 when it was reported by Allen in the American Naturalist, page 579, BIRDS OF NEW YORK 363 as breeding near Buffalo; in i860, Mcllwraith in his Birds of Ontario,page 346, reports that it was first seen at Hamilton in i860, and after 1866was a regular breeder in southern Ontario; it was noted by Coues fromNew England in 1868; by Purdy in 1873; and by Maynard in 1875; reportedby Brewer as breeding in Maine in 1877, and in Vermont the same is probable that the early records of Northern shrikes breeding in New. Migrant shrike on nest Photo by James H. Miller England and in New York are attributable to this species, and it is barelypossible that the Migrant shrike was overlooked for many years on accountof its comparative rarity; but it seems certain if it was as common a birdas it is at the present day in the interior of New York, it would have beenreported earlier than 1869. From that date onward, records of the breed-ing of this species increase both in western, central and eastern New York, 364 NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM and it may unquestionably be set down as one of those species of birdswhich have gradually increased in numbers since the clearing of the country,like the Prairie horned lark, having invaded the region principally fromthe Mississippi valley. The Migrant shrike arrives from the south fromthe 20th to the 30th of March, and usually disappears in the fall duringthe month of October, but a few evidently remain through the winter, asDutcher has a Long Island spe
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